1956 Professional Matchplay Championship

The 1956 Professional Matchplay Championship was a snooker tournament. The final was held at the Tower Circus in Blackpool, England.

Fred Davis won his eighth and last World title by defeating John Pulman in the final.Rex Williams made the highest break of the tournament with 141 in frame 48 of his match against Fred Davis.

Schedule

Main draw

References

2012 World Matchplay (darts)

The 2012 World Matchplay was the 19th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 21–29 July.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, and retained his title for the fifth successive time and thirteenth in total with an 18–15 win over James Wade in the final.

Two nine dart finishes were made during the tournament. Michael van Gerwen recorded the first during his second round victory over Steve Beaton. Wes Newton repeated the feat a day later, during his second round loss against Justin Pipe.

Prize money

For the fourth consecutive World Matchplay, the prize fund was £400,000.

Qualification

The top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit qualified as seeded players. The other 16 places went to the top 16 non-qualified players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit who are unseeded players.

Draw

† Michael van Gerwen threw his second televised 9 darter

‡ Wes Newton threw his first televised 9 darter

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

2013 World Matchplay (darts)

The 2013 World Matchplay was the 20th annual staging of the darts tournament, the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 20–28 July 2013.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won the last five stagings of the event, and he won his sixth consecutive World Matchplay title and 14th in total by defeating Adrian Lewis 18–13 in the final. His average of 111.23 in the final is the highest ever in a World Matchplay final.

For the first time since the 2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic, the top four players in the world all reached the semi-final stage.

The final marked the last commentary for John Gwynne in the Professional Darts Corporation. Gwynne had worked as a PDC commentator for 20 years.

Prize money

For the fifth consecutive World Matchplay, the prize fund was £400,000.

Format

In the previous stagings of the event all games had to be won by two clear legs with no sudden-death legs. However, this year, after consulting the host broadcaster Sky Sports, the PDC decided that games will now only proceed for a maximum of five extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a best of 19 legs first round match, if the score reaches 12–12 then the 25th leg will be the decider.